The Sickly Beauty Substitute Called It Quits

"Your Majesty is saying that Taifu Zeng has a different heart? It is indeed possible. If our speculation is correct, the people left behind by the late emperor were sent by Taifu Zeng. A person who has always made his own decisions suddenly wants to generalize one day. If you hand over the power in your hands, you will definitely not be so willing."

Shen Yu remembered the mysterious force that appeared beside the King of Yue in his previous life. He used to think that that force would help him because the King of Yue saved Young Master He. It seems that he was wrong at the beginning.

That force will take action only because Shang Junyue is the King of Yue, and Young Master He is just an excuse to fool them, and even the King of Yue.

In his previous life, he followed the King of Yue and handled matters big and small for him. He can be sure that the mysterious force never showed its true colors from the beginning to the end, and the person behind the scenes never showed up even once, and the attitude of the King of Yue is not ugly. It was obvious that he was extremely respectful to that person, with a trace of imperceptible fear.

Shen Yu felt that maybe until the end, King Yue didn't know who the real master of the mysterious power that helped him was.

"To determine whether this is the case, we will find out when we meet people." Shang Junlin said calmly.

The day to go to the Ministry of Punishment is set to be three days later. These days, Shen Yu has been letting the "Yinghuo" people pay attention to the movement of the Zhenbeihou Mansion, especially Shen Qingran. As the "protagonist" of the story, Shen Yu will not take it lightly.

There is nothing unusual in the Zhenbeihou Mansion for the time being.

Three days passed in a blink of an eye, Shen Yu changed into casual clothes, and sat in the carriage to the Ministry of Punishment with Shang Junlin.

This trip was a light vehicle, and not many people knew about it. The Minister of the Ministry of Justice made preparations in advance. When they arrived, he led the carriage directly to the vicinity of the prison.

"Which lord is sitting in this carriage? Why did Lord Shang Shu pick him up in person?" Under the eaves, a few small officials saw this scene with curious expressions on their faces.

"No matter who it is, it's not something you and I can talk about at will."

Shen Yu sat in the carriage, and the Minister of the Criminal Ministry reported the progress of the case to Shang Junlin outside the carriage.

Shang Junlin held his gloomy hand and whispered in his ear, "I will vent my anger for you today."

"What?" Depressed for a while, he didn't respond.

"Will Ah Yu be afraid?" Shang Junlin didn't answer the gloomy question.

Sullen became even more confused: "What are you afraid of? Your Majesty is saying that something will happen later?"

"Well, torture may be used to interrogate prisoners."

"Does Your Majesty think I'm such a timid person?" Shen Yu pressed the man's generous palm with his fingertips, "Your Majesty don't have to worry about me."

"Ah Yu is really courageous." Shang Junlin touched Shen Yu's palm, and there was a scar there, which was injured by Shen Yu himself.

His palms were a little itchy, and he retracted his hands gloomily: "Your Majesty can do whatever you want. I came with Your Majesty, not to restrict His Majesty's behavior."

"I know, no matter what happens in the future, Ayu can't be afraid of me." Shang Junlin tightly held the gloomy hand.

"Will not."

Not long after, the carriage stopped. As before, Shang Junlin got out of the carriage first, followed by depression.

Shang Junlin carried the man out, ignoring the astonished eyes of Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, and said, "Take me there."

Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice hurriedly restrained the expression on his face: "Yes."

He knew that His Majesty would come, but he didn't expect that His Majesty would come with His Majesty. When he saw Sullen walking out of the carriage, his first reaction was shock.

How did His Majesty bring Your Majesty here?

Nowadays, no one in the imperial court knows that His Majesty loves His Majesty, and all major affairs in the court are discussed with him. It is not that the ministers do not want to object, but Shen Yu has grasped this degree so well that they cannot find a reasonable rebuttal at all.

If you go to other places, your majesty will bring your noble lord with you, the minister of the Ministry of punishment can still understand, why come to the prison of the Ministry of punishment and take him with you?

Suppressing all kinds of thoughts in his mind, Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice bowed his head and led the way obediently, and he was curious in his heart, and he dared not really ask.

The structure of the prison of the Ministry of punishment is different from that of the dark prison. The minister of the Ministry of punishment led the two of them through the cell to the innermost part, where all the criminals who committed capital crimes were locked up.

The jailer guarding here was selected in advance. Knowing Shang Junlin's identity, he didn't dare to neglect in the slightest. He took out the key and opened the cell door, pressing the prisoner to the interrogation place.

Taifu Zeng was tied up, and two jailers stood beside him, one on the left and one on the right, in case he suddenly violently hurt others.

"There has been a lot of movement in the prison these past few days. I thought something happened. It turned out that His Majesty came in person." Taifu Zeng raised his head and looked at the man sitting opposite.

"I'm not here to reminisce about the old days."

"I know," Taifu Zeng nodded, "Your Majesty has a lot of things to do every day, and it's really not easy to find time to see me. However, His Majesty can come by himself, why do you still bring the person next to your pillow? The prison is no better than other places. It’s not good to be scared.”

The Secretary of the Ministry of Justice stood respectfully behind Shang Junlin. Hearing this, just as he was about to reprimand him for being rude, he heard your gentleman say:

"You know my identity?"

Taifu Zeng snorted: "Who doesn't know Shen Guijun who is the most beloved in the harem?"

Shen Yu: "It's good if you know, let me introduce it again if you don't mind, since you know who I am, you might as well clear up the doubts in my heart, why did you attack me again and again?"

Taifu Zeng: "Who let your nobleman fall into His Majesty's eyes?"

Shen Yu: "Is this also what the late emperor meant?"

Taifu Zeng: "Your Majesty can think so."

Shen Yu: "Since you listened to the late emperor so much, why didn't you hand over the power left by the late emperor to the King of Yue? When the late emperor chose you, did you ever think that a loyal dog would one day devour the master?"

"Your Majesty is really eloquent," Zeng Taifu turned to look at Shang Junlin, "Your Majesty just let him climb on your head?"

"I don't need you to worry about the matter between me and your lord. As long as your lord is happy, I can let him do anything." Shang Junlin said calmly.

"Your Majesty is willing." Seeing that the provocation was unsuccessful, Master Zeng looked away angrily.

"It's hard to protect yourself, why worry about other people's business?" Minister of the Ministry of punishment couldn't help muttering in a low voice.

Except for the beginning, Taifu Zeng's attitude was quite cooperative. He would answer all the questions Shang Junlin asked. These were the results of Fang Jun's interrogation. Shang Junlin asked again to reduce Taifu Zeng's defense.

Let him think that all they want to know is this.

At the end of the question, Shang Junlin stood up: "I have always been curious, the more the late emperor cared about Shang Jun when he was alive, why did he want to leave so many things for him when he was dying? If he really intends to make Shang Junyue emperor, He can make Shang Junyue the crown prince."

"Of course it's because King Yue is the son of the first emperor." Taifu Zeng replied without thinking.

"The first emperor had so many princes, how could he treat the king of Yue alone?" If Shen Yu remembered correctly, there were other princes alive besides Shang Junlin and Shang Junyue before the death of the first emperor.

Shang Junlin only killed a few who had seized power and won power, and some who were not competitive or young did not move.

"As courtiers, how can we guess the late emperor's thoughts? I just follow the late emperor's orders."

"I just pretend that you really don't know," Shang Junlin walked slowly to the shelf where the torture tools were placed, and took a cartilage whip from it, "Now I ask you, is it you who ordered to hurt your lord?" ?”

"Don't use the late emperor to prevaricate me. The late emperor is already dead. It is impossible to predict the existence of your lord. I just ask, is it you who gave the order?"

"...Yes." Facing the awe-inspiring man, Master Zeng closed his eyes.

"very good."

The voice fell, and a sharp wind passed by.

"Snapped--"

There were barbs on the bone whip, and when the whip went down, the skin was ripped apart.

No one expected that Shang Junlin would make a sudden move.

Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice opened his eyes wide, looking at the man who was waving the whip in shock.

Shen Yu suddenly remembered that on the way here, Shang Junlin said that he would vent his anger on him.

The smell of blood spread, and beads of sweat rolled down Mr. Zeng's forehead, which was painful.

"Three times, I keep it in my heart." Shang Junlin said indifferently.

Taifu Zeng, who was very close to him, could clearly feel the cold murderous intent coming from the man, as if he cared more about him hurting his noble lord than treason.

The bony spur was soaked in salt water, and under the excruciating pain, all his mind was used to resist the pain.

After being imprisoned, in order to get useful information from him, those people tortured him a lot, but none of them could cause such unbearable pain like today.

The wound was very hot, and Shang Junlin used ingenuity to pick the most painful place to attack. What he wanted was to make the other person feel unbearable pain.

"Your Majesty is really a lover." Taifu Zeng gritted his teeth, his voice trembling slightly.

"I warned you before, don't do anything to your lord, it seems that Taifu Zeng didn't take it to heart."

Master Zeng remembered the miserable fate of those who were assigned to deal with depression, and fell silent.

"My lord, this..." Isn't it here to interrogate the matter of treason?Why doesn't His Majesty care about important matters at all?The Minister of the Ministry of Justice couldn't help but whispered.

Shen Yu was only shocked for a moment. Hearing the inquiry from the Minister of Criminal Affairs, he got up and walked to Shang Junlin's side, and hooked his fingers: "Your Majesty."

Shang Junlin threw away the bone whip in disgust, and held his gloomy hand.

Fingers are slightly cool.

Shang Junlin turned his head and looked depressed for a while, seeing that there was no fear on his face, he was slightly relieved.

"You were ordered by the first emperor to assist the King of Yue to ascend the throne, but you changed your mind midway after holding power for many years. Instead of serving the King of Yue wholeheartedly, it is better to change the situation a little. It became you who controlled the power left by the late emperor."

The gloomy and indifferent voice hit Taifu Zeng's chest, he was gripped by the pain for most of his mind, and he had no time to spare more energy to deal with the gloomy question.

"Yes, you are right. Obviously those powers are in my hands, why should I be inferior to King Yue? In fact, I might as well tell you that the first emperor chose me to do this job because he thought I would not be able to deal with power. Tempted, but he never asked if I would like it!"

"I don't want to, I have a bright future, why should I be a dead person who can't see the light?"

The resentment that had been accumulated for many years broke out, and Taifu Zeng looked at Shang Junlin's face that was somewhat similar to the late emperor, and could hardly control his emotions.

"If you really don't want to, you can completely refuse at that time." The depressed tone was calm, not affected by Zeng Taifu's attitude.

"It's useless, as I said, the first emperor is the emperor, and I am the subject. If I refuse to agree, then I will really die. It is ridiculous to say that the first emperor was angry because of my death. How many people know, The person who sent to kill me was not a traitor, but the late emperor?"

"The first emperor wanted his own blood to become the master of Dahuan, but I didn't. It's a pity that he didn't completely let go of his guard against me until his death. If it wasn't for that, why would I waste my time on King Yue?"

"Now that the forces under me have been wiped out, and I myself have been imprisoned, I know I can't escape this disaster. Maybe I shouldn't have chosen this path in the first place. It would be better to die cleanly than now. .”

Taifu Zeng took a gloomy look. The young man was dressed in white, with a temperament like bamboo. Standing in the dark prison, he was out of tune with everything around him, just like himself who was treacherous and evil back then and could still keep his heart.

He lowered his head and looked gloomy. He thought of the high-spirited self who was able to form his own school in the materialistic officialdom without being disturbed by external objects. He had a good reputation. Who would not praise his good character? In the end, he became the person he hated most. kind of people.

"Don't you want to know the other arrangements of the late emperor? I can tell what I know. In exchange, I just ask for one thing. The mistakes I made were made by me alone. They have nothing to do with Zeng Taifu. People should not appear in the world again."